Prevalence of bronchial hyperresponsiveness to 4.5% saline and its reaction to asthma and allergy symptoms in Austrian children

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 355-360

  Riedler, J ^a   Gamper, A ^a   Eder, W ^a   Oberfeld, G ^b  

^a Children's Hospital Salzburg   (Austria)

^b Public Health Department   (Austria)

Author keywords

Allergy; Asthma; Bronchial hyperresponsiveness; Hypertonic saline; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; AUSTRIA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENDER; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOM; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASTHMA; AUSTRIA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; CHILD; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SALINE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031909253     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.98.11020355     Document Type: Article

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